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Film, Video President Warren Harding's Love Letters

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About this Item

Title

  • President Warren Harding's Love Letters

Summary

  • A collection of approximately 1,000 pages of love letters between 29th U.S. President Warren G. Harding and his mistress, Carrie Fulton Phillips, is examined. Historian James D. Robenalt and archivist Karen Linn Femia shared their impressions about the Harding-Phillips correspondence and what they reveal about Harding's character and political views; his relationship with his wife; and implications for national security during World War I, given Phillips' German partisanship. Manuscript Division Chief James Hutson moderated the discussion and Dr. Richard Harding, a grandnephew of the president, described the family's reaction to the opening of the president's personal correspondence.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Manuscript Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2014-07-22.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Warren G. Harding, Carrie Fulton Phillips, manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2014-07-22.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687544

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. President Warren Harding's Love Letters. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-22, 2014. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687544/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division, S. B. (2014) President Warren Harding's Love Letters. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-22. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687544/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Manuscript Division. President Warren Harding's Love Letters. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-22, 2014. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687544/>.